Bob Coughlin was an assistant in 82? He must have been super young at the time, he was my drivers ed and PE teacher twenty years later and wasn’t super old then. But he was always in great shape and has aged extremely well so I guess it shouldn’t be so surprising.
Coach Coughlin was older than he looked. He coached JV for years.
Yeah Danny Mabe was QB. I was a kid at the time and have been told by many that they knew the game was over when Lunenburg stepped off the bus. Think they had a couple guys play D1
I went to that game. I was 7 years old and having a mom who came from Appy and a dad from PV, I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to be at that time. I was getting pulled in two different directions. Once I started playing P-Nut in BSG, I was a Viking, though. Haha. The difference in that game was that Appy couldn’t contend with Lunenburg’s speed. They were fast to a man and had just dropped down from AA if I’m not mistaken. Lunenburg never had a team that wasn’t fast. I can attest to that first hand because I played against two of them.
The 93 94 96 97 Appy teams could’ve won D2, in 94 and 97 PV barely beat them who says they wouldn’t have beaten them in the playoffs. Lunenburg game was in 1982 and wasn’t D1 and D2 yet. I graduated in 95 and we had 40 kids in my grade so not so sure about 300 kids unless you count the 8th grade
Out of those 4 years, Appy proved on the field they could beat PV 2 of em. The other two times they shot their shot and come up short. The 1996 Giles team would have been a great match for 1996 Appy, IMO. Also, I never said Appy played Lunenburg as a D2 team, I just compared their performance vs them with PV’s 3 against them. That Appy Lunenburg game was 1980 I’m pretty sure. Kelly won state in 1981 and PV won it in 1982. That 1980 Appy team was loaded, too. I’m thinking that was the team with Danny Mabe, Joey Clay, Snuffy Smith, and Brian Williams, etc.
Too many good ones to just pick one but I'll go with Tom Turner and no other reason than winning 6 titles with that small of a school and in many years could've won at what is now 2a
Turner was great, but it would be hard to win a title in D2 if your record vs the best D2 team in your district was 4-19-1.(It has to be recognized that PV never won a state title in a year they lost to Appy) That’s not even counting the D2 teams who were winning titles when PV wasn’t. Another point, Appy played Central of Lunenburg 1 time with Turner as their coach and lost handily. PV won 3 championships at the expense of the same school. I have a lot of respect for Turner and his ability, but I’m also realistic. Appy wasn’t a small school in the same terms of small schools today. Appy regularly had over 300 students until the final decade or so of the school’s existence, and usually loaded with talent.
34-0 Union at half.
it doesn’t even look like we’re trying
Just going thru the motions. Would be starting the 2nd half with a running clock if they weren’t just out there working on things they need to be working on like FGs. IMO they’ll get more out of that than just tacking another TD on the board prior to half.
Yes, Sir! Best athletes on the field....if not, you aren't playing the right kids in the right positions. I'm also a fan of blitz packages with the DBs as well. There are certain situations where you can roll your S over and blitz the CB to a zone (mesh point, etc.) and I like this against running plays. I thought RV should have done this against Graham (and Clements). With the Wildcat this is a good concept that can take away an edge run and funnel back to the middle.
You are absolutely right, USE YOUR BEST ATHLETES AS DEFENSIVE WEAPONS!!
If your CBs can both cover and run with the WRs, it opens up a world of possibilities with the other 9 defenders, especially the front 7 or 8. It gives you the luxury to bring a lot more heat to the QB and RBs. Every week you see kids playing a position they aren’t best suited for. You see it a lot locally with OLBs with little to no coverage skills. Those aren’t OLBs, those are DEs. Your OLBs have to be able to run to cover flats and occasionally man to man. It’s blown my mind for years how defenses have quit challenging the offense to beat them, and instead just give up yardage hoping to bend but not break, when they could get up in the face of the offensive players and make them earn their yardage. Every inch should be fought for…not every inch after a 5 yard completion you’ve given them. It drives me nuts to watch it. The excuse you always hear is that they don’t want to give up the big play. If that’s the case put guys in there who can run with the receivers and not give up the big play. It doesn’t matter what their name is or who their family is, either. Put your best 11 on D and if they have to rest, rest ‘em when your offense is on the field.
Disagree with what? Teaching basic man/press drills because the Safeties aren't being utilized? Seriously? Off man press doesn't disrupt a route...at all. You give up the ability to reroute and affect routes and to protect leverage or areas of the field. There literally is no disadvantage to teaching basic press.....at the very least it teaches your DB's coverage and reaction skills and increases athletic skills. Your gunners on special teams should be DBs and this would aid them as well. Also, numerous concepts employ man-zone....have the S's practice that during their rep.
Any decent coach can run two simultaneous drills at once. Why not practice zone blitzes from the S position? Or, most teams have to mix their CBs and S's....usually there are four starters and a fifth that will be the "first in" either position.
Agree 100%. Would also help from time to time to line up the CBs just inside enough pre-snap to discourage the slant, and close enough to deny the little hitches you see teams just give up every play. Make the QB throw the ball over the CB with safety help over the top. Some high school QBs are accurate, but you can still make it harder for them to throw the ball. CBs have to be 2 of the best athletes on the field, so use ‘em like they are.
The thing that will get kids out at RC and keep them out is the same thing that does it elsewhere…winning. With RCs attendance numbers and football numbers, they don’t need an O or D where they will be wearing their players out running them up and down the field. Their D needs to be simple and easy to learn…with success based on effort and discipline. On O they need a ball control system that enables them to shorten the game, so they can be in it late and decide it then. Whoever offers that, is who they should go with.
Barry Jones was and is a great coach. That said, Phil Robbins always had his teams prepared to play. You didn’t see anything on the field that you hadn’t seen in practice already. That is where Phil was great. Between the two of them, you didn’t take the field thinking you were going to lose, see something new, or not have a chance to win. As a player, all you had to do was execute, read, and react, and everything else would take care of itself.
What do the Bears have coming up for next season? Will they be better, the same, or worse? How many seniors or starters gone? How about the junior high, any talent there?
The Bears aren’t hurting for upcoming talent. There are very few years you can’t look at the P-Nut teams up thru JV and find more than enough talent to compete at a high level in future years.
This gets me. I actually had a parent venting to me because James Mitchell, as a freshman, was starting and their kid, as a sophomore, wasn't. Don't get me wrong, their kid was good, but he was no James Mitchell. I also remember a kid starting on the line in 2013 that couldn't block a coma patient, and being a senior was the only reason I could come up with as to why he was. It's difficult to see things when we're so close to them.
If the players are equal, by all means, the upperclassman should get the nod if he has paid his dues. If there is a clear difference in two players, the best of the two should be the starter regardless of class.
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I’m pretty sure they did. Then the Chargers woke up.